FBI chief Comey stakes out unusually public profile on biggest issues
When President Obama named James Comey to succeed FBI Director Robert Mueller, the popular nominee acknowledged the long shadow cast by the man who in the previous 12 years had led the bureau longer than anyone except J. Edgar Hoover.
“I must be out of my mind to be following Bob Mueller,’’ Comey said in the 2013 White House Rose Garden ceremony. "I don't know if I can fill those shoes, but I know that, however I do, I will be standing truly on the shoulders of a giant."